Communication apparatus and control method thereof

Abstract

A communication apparatus having a first image capturing unit and a second image capturing unit that is different from the first image capturing unit, comprises a communication unit which communicates with an external image capturing apparatus and a switching unit which switches an image capturing mode. When communication with the external image capturing apparatus is not established, the switching unit switches between a first mode in which an image is captured by controlling the first image capturing unit and a second mode in which an image is captured by controlling the second image capturing unit, and when communication with the external image capturing apparatus is established, the switching unit switches between the first mode and a third mode in which an image is captured by remotely controlling the external image capturing apparatus.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to a technique for remotely controlling an external image capturing apparatus using a communication apparatus.

[0003] Description of the Related Art

[0004] Recent communication apparatuses such as mobile phones, and smartphones which are a kind of mobile phone are equipped with, in addition to an ordinary camera (rear camera) for shooting a subject on the subject side, a camera (front camera) for shooting the photographer him- or herself or a subject on a photographer side. A user of the communication apparatus can shoot images suitably for different shooting situations and the like by switching between use of the rear camera and the front camera.

[0005] Additionally, a technique of using a communication function of a mobile phone to connect not only a camera built-in the mobile phone but also another camera, and perform remote control (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-096166) and a technique in w...

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